Li Fan followed Gongsun Qixuan and observed for a while, but in the end, he didn't alert the other party and quietly retreated.
Passing by Wanxian Island, Li Fan glanced again at the profound place below.
The Spirit Seal of Heaven and Earth, Jin Jian, who had been ordered to leave by Li Fan's false decree, had reappeared at some point, suppressing the entrance to the profound passage.
With various anomalies, big and small, resolved, the source was sealed.
It seemed like the Cong Yun Sea had returned to the calm and peaceful days from before.
However, in the view of Li Fan from the perspective of Heaven and Earth, he could see the consequences of the anomalies that had erupted.
Chiyane, the Spirit of Heaven and Earth who accepted the order to burn the sea, seemed to have become even more powerful than before.
The faintly discernible heat made Li Fan feel secretly shocked.
Suddenly, a realization dawned on Li Fan: "Serious illnesses require strong medicine. It seems that this time, the Xuanhuang Realm is being ruthless. Perhaps, in no time at all, the Cong Yun Sea will completely disappear."
In front of him, scenes of evaporating seawater and a hellish scene of an exposed seabed appeared in his mind.
Li Fan shook his head slightly, not lingering in the Cong Yun Sea.
"The deceptive divine ability of the false Heavenly Dao has been tested. When the time is right, I can instantly extract a large amount of the changes in the life of Heaven and Earth and turn it into my own sustenance."
"Next, what I want to do is to push these two great divine beings into conflict."
Li Fan couldn't help but glance at the invisible Immortal Court position in the sky.
To calculate as a mortal against immortals was undoubtedly extremely dangerous.
Not to mention immortals, even Li Fan, when secretly calculating against enemies, would vaguely sense an awareness.
"All arrangements need to erupt at the same time. After the two immortals cast their gazes, the first thing they see will be each other."
"Then, they should ignore me. Well..."
Li Fan contemplated for a moment, "Perhaps, they might allocate a bit of power to crush me as well."
"..."
However, no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't exclude this possibility.
Li Fan's heart became a bit heavier again.
After all, True Immortals were beings capable of destroying the entire Xuanhuang Realm with a glance.
With his current strength, resisting the might of a True Immortal was still too difficult.
"I still need to accumulate more."
"Being entangled in this world is truly a last resort."
"To survive the aftermath of a True Immortal, perhaps I can only leverage strength against strength."
Li Fan's thoughts surged, and unconsciously, he had already returned to the Spirit Wood Realm.
"Hmm?"
Only then did he realize that a group of newcomers had arrived in the Spirit Wood Realm.
With his divine sense sweeping over, he immediately knew that they were brought here by Shang Tiangi and Yan Fangzhou, who had persuaded the companions of Shanhe Xuan to visit.
These people were all under fifty years old, but their realms were all at least in the Yuan Ying Realm. They could indeed be called the pride of heaven.
Most of them came from prestigious families, and their vision was extraordinary.
When they saw the scenery inside the Spirit Wood Realm, although there was a bit of curiosity in their eyes, there wasn't much shock.
"Brother Shang, Brother Yan. Is this the magnificent scenery you mentioned, the extraordinary scene of the Myriad Realms? Hehe, it seems a bit too exaggerated?"
"Yes, even though our family's blessed land may not match the grandeur here, in terms of the beauty of the scenery alone, it's definitely not inferior to here."
Thirteen young cultivators spoke jokingly.
With smiles on their faces, it was just ordinary discussion without any mocking intent.
Shang Tiangi was about to explain, but suddenly he heard Li Fan's voice transmission.
"Take them to the true immortal stone statues."
Shang Tiangi's expression changed slightly, and the words he was about to say changed immediately, "Hehe, actually, there is another sight in the Spirit Wood Realm that you haven't seen. If the peculiar scene here is like one piece of stone, then this unique scene monopolizes nine measures."
As soon as these people heard this, their interest was immediately piqued.
"Brother Shang, stop keeping us in suspense. Hurry up and take us there!"
"That's right, that's right! Since we're here, how can we miss it?"
The crowd clamored, and Shang Tiangi smiled slightly, "Alright, everyone, follow me."
Not long after, the group arrived at the circular hall at the entrance of the Spirit Wood Realm.
Seeing that Shang Tiangi stopped here, the crowd looked at him suspiciously, "Brother Shang, what are you up to? Is there anything interesting about this dilapidated circular hall?"
"Yeah, when we came here before, the first thing we saw was this building. Is there... something else inside?"
The crowd discussed with curiosity.
Shang Tiangi arched his hand, "You'll know once you come in."
With that, he took the lead and walked into the circular hall.
The others exchanged glances, but with skill comes courage, and without much hesitation, they followed him in.
The bright sunlight disappeared the moment they entered the hall.
Their vision became dim.
But in the darkness, a stone statue was so clear.
As if possessing some magical power, it firmly attracted their gaze.
After half a day.
A group of twelve people walked out of the circular hall.
It seemed that there was no change from before they entered, but now they were devout followers of the Red Dust Compassionate Immortal.
Li Fan watched the backs of these young people and nodded slowly.
"Although their talents are not much different from those who left the realm, it's fortunate that their strength is already formed, and I don't need to spend more effort on cultivation."
Li Fan arranged their first and only task upon joining the sect.
To deduce the method of building the foundation with my "Primordial Golden Pill" after my foundation is established.
As a possibility to completely break away from the system of cultivation of the Transcendent Master, Li Fan didn't forget about it.
Even though each life was destined to have only small gains, gathering sand into towers would eventually find a solution.
"Or, if I can meet King Xuantian in this life, maybe it can greatly advance the progress of deduction."
Li Fan thought in silence.
...
Calm and uneventful, another month passed.
A fluctuation from the End-of-Era Disintegration Discs caught Li Fan's attention, "Finally, is there a result?"
It was the breakthrough of the deduction of the Transcendent Master's prohibition, which took much longer than Li Fan had imagined.
Li Fan squinted his eyes, feeling the constant release of solutions from the Disintegration Disc.
The Transcendent Master's prohibition on the Heavenly Mirror could be summarized as "entangled, deep into the bone marrow, rooted in the Xuanhuang Heaven and Earth, integrated into one."
So the solution given by the Disintegration Disc was to cut the flesh and bone, drain the blood and strip the tendons.
Although it sounded a bit scary, it was actually following the veins left by the Heavenly Mirror in the Heaven and Earth, unraveling one by one prohibition.
Not through cleverness but through direct and brute-force cracking.
Moreover, it seemed that in the deduction of the End-of-Era Disintegration Disc, this was the only way to break the Transcendent Master's prohibition.
This was also why even with the current abilities of the Disintegration Disc, it took such a long time.
"I'm afraid that when the Transcendent Master set up this prohibition back then, he didn't expect someone to break it in this way. Because those who could do it probably had the power close to Immortality. They could directly destroy the prohibition, instead of using this simplest and most direct method."
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 1037: Mustard Seed Conceals Crossing
After spending another half month to ensure that there were no major issues with the Disintegration Disc's solution to breaking the prohibition, Li Fan immediately contacted Mo Rubin and the Heavenly Mirror's avatar to inform them of the situation.
Mo Rubin examined the complex array recorded in the jade slip for a long time. After finishing, he pinched his temples and frowned, "I can't see anything special. You better ask the Heavenly Mirror's avatar again."
"After all, once it's confirmed, it will be difficult to make changes."
The Humanoid Avatar of the Heavenly Mirror, after carefully reading the contents of the jade slip, gradually brightened his eyes.
"Wonderful, indescribably wonderful."
"Exquisite craftsmanship, seeming simplicity amid complexity, directly pointing to the great Dao..."
The Heavenly Mirror's avatar immersed himself in it for a long time, suddenly raised his head, and looked at Li Fan, "How did you deduce such a formation?"
There was still a deep suspicion in his eyes.
Clearly, the Heavenly Mirror's avatar didn't believe that Li Fan had such ability.
Li Fan smiled, his eyes turned. Remembering his previous speculation about the transformation of artifacts into human form, he couldn't help but say, "Me? I can't deduce such a complex formation."
"But everyone has their own expertise, and just because you and I can't do something doesn't mean others can't."
"Do you think the Heavenly Mirror makes you the strongest in the Xuanhuang Realm?"
"We, the Xuantian Sect, were once immortal treasures..."
Li Fan snorted, and his words abruptly stopped.
The Heavenly Mirror stared at Li Fan, seemingly trying to see through him.
Unfortunately, nothing could be discerned from his face.
After a moment of silence, the Heavenly Mirror's avatar took the initiative to speak, "Okay. Regardless of how you obtained this method of breaking the prohibition, according to my judgment, it should be able to remove the prohibition set by the Transcendent Master."
"However..." The Humanoid Avatar of the Heavenly Mirror suddenly changed the topic, "To ensure that everything is foolproof, we still need to verify it first."
Li Fan squinted, "Verification? How do we verify it?"
The Heavenly Mirror's avatar said slowly, "The prohibition left by the Transcendent Master was not only used on me..."
"Hmm?"
The Heavenly Mirror's avatar paced back and forth, as if pondering something.
After a while, he slowly said, "In order to maintain the stability of the Xuanhuang Realm, he once cleared almost all unstable factors in the Xuanhuang Realm."
"I call it the Purification of the Xuanhuang."
"What could be eliminated was completely eradicated. What couldn't be eliminated..."
"Was permanently sealed with prohibitions."
Li Fan also showed an interested expression on his face, "There's actually such a thing..."
The Heavenly Mirror's avatar dismissed it, "Otherwise, why is the Xuanhuang Realm so calm? Merging with various realms, but for the vast majority of its history, it has remained peaceful..."
"This is already an incredible thing in itself."
Li Fan nodded slowly, acknowledging the other party's statement.
After all, even in the mortal Great Xuan, scenes of separation and reunification were common.
And in the Xuanhuang Realm, since the rebirth after the Great Catastrophe, it has always been the two-level confrontation between the Wanxian Alliance and the Five Elders.
Although there were occasional skirmishes, it was more like a means of regulating the overall number of cultivators.
Behind this, there must be factors controlled by the Transcendent Master in secret.
Chapter 1037: Mustard Seed Conceals Crossing
"So, which prohibition do we use for the experiment? Won't it alert the Transcendent Master?" Li Fan was very interested in what Tianxuan said about these unstable factors sealed by the Transcendent Master. He immediately asked.
"I'm considering that too." The Heavenly Mirror's humanoid avatar furrowed his brows, seemingly caught in a difficult decision.
After a long time, he gave an answer.
"The sealed objects shouldn't pose too much danger. When the Transcendent Master sealed them, he often left a trace of attention. Although it has been thousands of years, we can't guarantee that the attention has disappeared."
"It's best if what the Transcendent Master sealed in a fit of anger, has no actual threat to the Xuanhuang Realm. It was only sealed because it angered the Transcendent Master, suffering the fate of being sealed. For the Transcendent Master, it's like casually killing a mouse. After so many years, the Transcendent Master might have already forgotten about it."
The more Tianxuan spoke, the brighter his eyes became.
Finally, he looked at Li Fan and said, "I wonder if you've heard of the 'Disaster Crossing Sect'?"
"Disaster Crossing Sect?" Li Fan's heart shook.
His expression changed dramatically, revealing a hint of anger. "Isn't that one of the ten apostate sects from back then? You're not asking me to lift their seal, are you?"
Li Fan directly waved his hand in refusal. "Impossible! I won't let these traitors go. If I don't kill them all, do you still want me to save them?"
"Hmph, it seems that the Transcendent Master still has some merits. Sealing this group of trash for so long..."
"Transcendent Master, you've done well!"
It was as if the three words "Disaster Crossing Sect" had touched a nerve in Li Fan. His entire demeanor suddenly became somewhat unstable.
Sometimes sneering, sometimes excited.
The Heavenly Mirror's humanoid avatar observed Li Fan for a moment before explaining, "Hehe, you don't need to worry about this. The people of the Disaster Crossing Sect should have been killed by the Transcendent Master a long time ago. What the Transcendent Master sealed are just some arrangements left by the Disaster Crossing Sect."
"These things have penetrated deep into the Xuanhuang Realm and are difficult to remove. Even the Transcendent Master couldn't completely destroy them, so he had to seal them."
"They are lifeless. If you break the seal successfully and don't touch the things inside, there won't be any abnormal manifestations. This is after my careful selection, and I think it's the most suitable place for an early test."
Hearing the words of the Heavenly Mirror's humanoid avatar, Li Fan instantly envisioned the countless paper people that existed densely in the Xuanhuang Realm, used to monitor everything.
"Disaster Crossing Sect..."
Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, and his expression gradually stabilized. "In that case, where is the location of the Disaster Crossing Sect's seal?"
"I'll listen to you and give it a try."
"However..."
"This trip is quite dangerous. Do you have any compensation?" Li Fan's gaze was piercing.
The Heavenly Mirror's humanoid avatar sighed helplessly, "I haven't recovered yet. Let's talk about it when you return successfully."
"As for the location of the Disaster Crossing Sect's seal..."
The Heavenly Mirror's humanoid avatar's expression became somewhat solemn.
Once again, he broke off a section of his finger and handed it over.
"But do we need to be so troublesome with just one set of coordinates? Just say it directly..." Li Fan was a bit puzzled, until he checked the content in the finger, and his words suddenly stopped.
"Casting a mustard seed within Mount Sumeru... The Transcendent Master actually has such means?" Li Fan looked somewhat astonished.
The Heavenly Mirror's humanoid avatar warned, "Strictly follow the size and position, or you might not only fail to find the location of the Disaster Crossing Sect but may even get lost in the void."
Li Fan firmly memorized the contents in his mind and then crushed it with one hand.
According to the records, the Disaster Crossing Sect was reduced to a tenth of its size by the Transcendent Master, constantly hidden in the void of the Xuanhuang Realm.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 1038: Seventy-Two Labyrinths
It's like an organ of the human body being reduced to a cell.
The Disaster Crossing Sect, now hidden in the void above the Goumang Prefecture of the Wanxian Alliance, is invisible and unknowable to ordinary people.
Following the coordinates provided by the Heavenly Mirror's humanoid avatar, Li Fan arrived at a position 36,000 zhang above Goumang Prefecture.
The entrance to the Disaster Crossing Sect is right here.
The Disaster Crossing Sect, reduced to a hundred thousand times its size, was originally like dust, and it was further affected by the prohibition of the Transcendent Master.
So even with Li Fan's current observational skills, he couldn't detect any traces of the Disaster Crossing Sect, even with the knowledge of the results.
After pondering for a moment, Li Fan silently activated the Infinite Profound Emptiness Technique. Then he severed a small part of his own soul.
Once the soul left the body, it transformed into a tiny figure resembling Li Fan, turning into a wisp of white light and entering the small void ahead.
As the surrounding objects increased in size by a thousand or ten thousand times, the space around Li Fan's split soul quickly expanded.
The split soul raced through the boundless void, searching for traces of the entrance to the Disaster Crossing Sect nearby.
To enter the Disaster Crossing Sect, finding the entrance was the first step.
"Not only is it a simple reduction, even the space itself here is superimposed in multiple directions."
Soon, sensing the familiar aura of the Transcendent Master's prohibition, Li Fan abruptly stopped his figure.
After careful distinction, Li Fan discovered a region in the nearby void, as if it were embedded with a mirror-like surface, showing a slightly disharmonious quality.
Ordinary people would find it nearly impossible to perceive, but Li Fan, who had deciphered the Transcendent Master's prohibitions countless times in the Disintegration Disc, was very familiar with it.
Without hesitation, he flew towards that "mirror."
Like passing through an invisible bubble, in an instant, Li Fan felt that the spatial orientations around him, up and down, left and right, had undergone multiple reversals.
A slight dizziness came over, and Li Fan knew that he had entered the second layer of space.
After entering the inner space, besides the correct passage, many "forks" were set up.
Once stepped into it, one would be transported to another void maze used to confuse.
There was no exit, only an ever-expanding microcosmic level.
Even returning to search for the Disaster Crossing Sect, not to mention avoiding getting lost, was an extremely difficult task.
Fortunately, armed with the correct answers, Li Fan proceeded carefully. After delving into the seventy-two layers of space, he finally saw a floating mountain in the distance.
The seventy-two layers of space were reduced by a hundred thousand times.
The void was no longer pitch-black in the conventional sense but rather a strange light purple.
On the border illuminated by the purple light, there were occasional fine lines rapidly flashing by.
Leaving only faint traces, they quickly disappeared without a trace.
The speed was so fast that even Li Fan couldn't capture it.
Even more strangely, in this space, every once in a while, numerous purple light spheres would light up.
Like the sun, yet like a group of stars.
After briefly illuminating this place, they quickly disappeared.
Amidst these bizarre scenes, the Disaster Crossing Sect in the distance appeared even more strange and eerie.
Li Fan's split soul slowly approached the mountain.
After passing through a protective barrier, he officially entered the interior of the Disaster Crossing Sect.
It seemed to be an independent space. Li Fan's ears finally heard some sound.
There were no specific sounds, just the presence of sound. It wasn't like the absolute silence when delving into the seventy-two layers of space.
Li Fan's current location was at the foot of the mountain.
Looking at the only stone steps extending upwards in front of him, Li Fan attempted to fly directly towards the top of the mountain.
Without flying far, Li Fan suddenly found himself back in the original place.
"I wonder if this is due to the Transcendent Master's prohibition or the original protective measures of the Disaster Crossing Sect?"
Thinking like this, Li Fan gave up flying and walked step by step along the mountain path.
"Hmm?"
After just a few steps, his feet suddenly stopped.
"Is it an illusion?"
Just now, it seemed that a figure had run past him, heading straight for the mountain.
Li Fan didn't "see" the existence of the figure but truly felt it.
"Playing tricks..."
Li Fan snorted coldly and continued forward.
Chapter 1039: Phantom Shadows
Sure enough, every time he climbed a distance, he felt the appearance of that elusive figure.
Some were climbing up the mountain like him, while others were coming down from the mountain.
The frequency of appearances became more and more frequent, and...
"Every time they appear, the feeling becomes more pronounced."
A hint of seriousness appeared on Li Fan's face.
At the beginning, it was just like a gust of wind. But now, when the figures brushed past him, he could distinctly feel the cold and stickiness.
To the point that even this split soul felt like a mortal running a long distance in the scorching sun, with the body soaked in sweat...
"Sweat?"
Li Fan suddenly woke up, realizing that something was amiss.
He scanned his own divine consciousness, finding nothing abnormal.
He then used the Water Mirror Technique, looking into the mirror.
Li Fan's scalp went numb in an instant.
The dark shadows that had just brushed past him hadn't disappeared.
Instead, one after another, they piled up and overlapped. They all lay on his back.
What was even more horrifying was that, if it weren't for the reflection in the mirror, Li Fan surprisingly hadn't noticed any of this!
It seemed that, through the reflection in the mirror, Li Fan saw the gazes he cast.
The originally blurry faces of those shadows gradually became clear.
Pale and overlapping faces kept changing, and their voices intermittently echoed in Li Fan's ears.
"Climb up the mountain, climb up..."
"Run! Run quickly!"
"Dear friend, could you give me a lift? This mountain road is too difficult to walk."
"So tired. So tired. Should be near the exit, right?"
...
At the same time these voices appeared, Li Fan was horrified to find that his body began to move differently with the varying content of these words.
Wanting to climb the mountain, and urgently wanting to escape from this place.
Neither side was willing to yield to the other.
"Hiss..."
In this stark contradiction, as if many people were pulling and tearing from both ends.
Li Fan's body was torn apart in an instant.
"That's right, that's right..."
Both sides got a portion of what belonged to them and cheerfully shouted in unison.
Then these figures, each carrying half of a body, went their separate ways.
Up and down the mountain road, they each moved rapidly.
It seemed that Li Fan's two halves, tainted by these shadows, were also covered in a thick shadow.
As time eroded and changed, these two separated halves quietly turned back into two complete bodies.
Outside the Disaster Crossing Sect, in the normal space of the Xuanhuang Realm.
Li Fan, sensing the scenes simultaneously transmitted by his two split souls, revealed an expression full of interest.
One on the left, one on the right.
One above, one below.
Two scenes were presented simultaneously.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 1039: Catastrophic Eradication Power of Disaster Crossing
Guided by those mysterious figures, the two split souls never encountered any tearing incidents again.
Moreover, their speed on the mountain path increased several times, with the surrounding scenery swiftly passing by.
The only puzzling thing for Li Fan was that, despite his initial appearance at the foot of the Disaster Crossing Sect's mountain, the descent path seemed as long as the ascent.
It was seemingly endless.
After an unknown period.
Both split souls suddenly found themselves in a different environment, and the vague figures that had accompanied them disappeared.
In the silence, they looked around.
The scenes around them were identical: a small courtyard with white walls, a half-open red wooden door. The walls were covered with red and green spots, with the red resembling bloodstains. The green was moss growing in the cracks of the wall.
In Li Fan's original location, observing the completely consistent scene in his mind, he felt somewhat inexplicable.
"Two Disaster Crossing Sects? What's going on?"
Without thinking too much, Li Fan controlled the split souls to push open the red wooden door and enter the courtyard.
Instead of creaking due to years of disrepair, the red door opened silently, creating an unreal feeling.
The moment they entered the courtyard, Li Fan felt a pair of hands grabbing his ankles.
It happened at both locations.
However, when they looked down, there was nothing to be seen. But the eerie feeling originating from the depths of the soul was undeniable.
"I must give Tianxuan Mirror a good scolding this time. He didn't mention how bizarre this Disaster Crossing Sect is."
This thought flashed through his mind, and the split souls continued to explore deeper into the courtyard, ignoring the strange sensations below.
The central hall's doors were tightly locked and couldn't be opened.
There was only one stone door on each side, leading to unknown places.
Both scenes with the split souls were the same.
"Interesting." Li Fan's eyes flickered.
He first attempted to attack the central hall, but even if the hall was destroyed, it instantly returned to its original state.
Li Fan then directed each split soul to enter one of the stone doors on the left and right.
The scene flashed.
When Li Fan saw the surroundings clearly, he was somewhat astonished.
Because, behind the stone doors, there was exactly the same scene as in the previous courtyard!
Still, with the left and right stone doors side by side, and the central hall door tightly locked!
"This..."
The path back had disappeared, leaving only the option to continue forward.
After contemplating for a moment, Li Fan made a decision. After a wriggling motion, each split soul separated into two entities.
One became four split souls, each entering a different stone door.
The scenes continued to change.
As expected, everything in sight was still the same as the previous courtyard.
Li Fan frowned and continued to split his divine soul.
Eight split souls floated into the stone doors.
Sixteen, thirty-two, sixty-four, one hundred twenty-eight...
After all, the one exploring Disaster Crossing Sect was only one split soul of Li Fan, and after dividing into one thousand and twenty-four individuals, it finally became unable to split any further.
Looking at the left and right doors next to the split souls, Li Fan knew that the initial exploration had failed.
"Did I go in the wrong direction and fall into a trap, or is it..."
"A trial from Disaster Crossing Sect?"
After pondering for a moment, Li Fan cut off nearly one-third of his divine soul.
Even with the Infinite Void Technique supplementing, Li Fan felt a momentary dizziness.
What made this one-third of the divine soul different from the previous simple split was that it contained a large amount of extracted elemental power.
Enough to support this divine soul through multiple splits.
"Go." Watching the divine soul disappear into the void, Li Fan quickly recovered from his injuries and continued to check the scenes transmitted by the divine soul.
Similar to the previous encounters, the divine soul quickly entered Disaster Crossing Sect again.
Torn once again by the mysterious figures, they entered different courtyards.
What surprised Li Fan, however, was that he didn't find the split souls that had entered before.
It seemed they entered different spaces.
Li Fan's heart stirred, causing all of the originally 1,024 split souls to explode simultaneously.
As the sensing images disappeared, the divine soul deep within Disaster Crossing Sect felt no change.
"Is the perception blocked?"
"Well-deserved as one of the ten ancient immortal sects."
Without reaching the state of ignoring the arrangements here, Li Fan had to explore according to their game rules.
This time, supported by the ever-vibrant power of the divine soul, Li Fan moved forward.
Each time he entered a courtyard, two entities split off and explored separately.
This process continued for a total of seventy-two times.
Outside Disaster Crossing Sect, the Dao Transforming Stone in Li Fan's sea of consciousness emitted an unprecedented bright brilliance.
Countless identical scenes were arranged in the Dao Transforming Stone.
"Fortunately, these extremely similar scenes reduce the processing burden. Otherwise..."
Li Fan knew that this was already his limit.
Another split, and the divine soul could still support it.
However, his main body would be forced to cut off all those sensing images. Otherwise, there was a risk of the sea of consciousness being burst.
The remaining split souls were now extremely weak.
The emptiness was almost invisible.
Without the attachment of power, even a blow from an ordinary person could probably dissipate them.
But they still followed Li Fan's instructions, drifting slowly toward their respective entrances.
More images emerged simultaneously.
Li Fan's thoughts entered a brief pause.
Then...
It was as if countless split souls were displayed in a projection list and finally converged into one point.
After a dizzying moment, they merged again.
Taking some time to adapt to a single image.
Li Fan squinted, surveying the surrounding environment.
It was still a small courtyard seen countless times before.
The difference was that there were no longer stone doors on the left and right walls.
Li Fan looked at the central hall, lost in thought.
He walked slowly forward, gently pushing open the door.
In the darkness, a black spot seemed to appear, absorbing all the surrounding light.
Then, it erupted at a thousand times the speed.
Scenes played out rapidly before Li Fan.
"Catastrophes are imminent, whether great catastrophes or opportunities."
"If we can successfully pass through this catastrophe, we will thrive through eternity..."
"Among endless possibilities, there indeed exists a glimmer of opportunity."
"Only by seeking life in death."
"Correct, if Xuanhuang can survive the great catastrophe, we can also use the power of the catastrophe to transcend."
"Then, let's start."
...
In the darkness, numerous identical figures seemed to be conversing rapidly.
As the scenes progressed, Li Fan was somewhat astonished to find that all these figures had turned into the appearances he had seen before.
Those countless paper people filling the sky and earth!
Li Fan's mind trembled, wanting to look again.
But he felt the surrounding dark space suddenly shake.
All the void images disappeared.
When Li Fan could see things again...
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 1040: Secrets of the Disaster Crossing Scripture
Above the eerie hall, several thin lines crisscrossed, suspending numerous paper figures that appeared seemingly identical but, upon closer inspection, had subtly different expressions on their faces. The passage of time had caused these paper figures to fade, presenting a pale yellowish hue.
As Li Fan abruptly intruded, countless paper figures began to sway mysteriously without any wind. In an instant, all the gazes of these paper figures seemed to focus on him, chaining his divine soul, rendering it temporarily motionless.
Fortunately, the swaying paper figures gradually returned to a standstill, and the pressure on Li Fan diminished.
However, after everything returned to normal, Li Fan did not hastily act. He sensed that there was still a pair of eyes in the hall fixed on him.
Following his senses, Li Fan saw a shadow lurking in the front, resembling a venomous snake staring at its prey, ready to strike at any moment.
Approaching slowly, Li Fan remained still, patiently waiting for the shadow to draw near.
With every step, the pressure on Li Fan increased, and faint whispers urged him to take action.
However, Li Fan, who had keenly observed the subtle changes in his surroundings during the period of stillness, inwardly sneered.
Within this time of quiet observation, he had already discerned the secret behind it all.
The approach of the shadow and the life-and-death pressure it brought were merely illusions.
Its purpose was to compel those who entered the hall to launch an attack on the shadow.
The true identity of that shadow was...
Li Fan's eyes suddenly changed, and the shadow dispersed, revealing its true form—a rope riddled with holes.
The aura emanating from it was extremely familiar to Li Fan—it was the restriction of the Supreme Law Transmitter!
"Disaster Crossing Sect is indeed not simple. Even the restrictions left by the Supreme Law have been corroded to such an extent."
"No wonder, in the mountain path and the courtyards, I encountered the tests of Disaster Crossing Sect."
Li Fan squinted, sweeping his gaze over the countless paper figures in the hall.
At this moment, the paper figures all seemed to wear eerie smiles on their faces.
Then, they transformed into innocent expressions.
"From the glimpses of the images just now, it seems that all these paper figures are transformed from cultivators of Disaster Crossing Sect?"
"But the number of paper figures is a bit too much."
Li Fan thought to himself and released a bit of spiritual power, attempting to remove the paper figures hanging on the thin lines.
As expected, the spiritual power encountered nothing.
The paper figures in the hall seemed to be entirely illusory, without any tangible substance.
Li Fan then separated a strand of divine awareness, trying to make contact with the paper figures, but still, he couldn't touch them.
"It seems I need to use the secret technique of Disaster Crossing Sect to manipulate these paper figures."
"Should I destroy this restriction...?"
Li Fan's gaze flickered, and in a moment, he changed his mind.
"Let's not destroy it; I'll instead restore this restriction!"
The operating style of Disaster Crossing Sect made Li Fan genuinely disgusted. Like a turtle withdrawing its head, they chose to merge with the world of Xuanhuang, attempting to avoid disasters by integrating into it and relying on possible saviors.
Although effective, it did not match the grandeur expected of one of the ten immortal sects.
More importantly, Li Fan always felt uneasy within Disaster Crossing Sect, as if there was an inherent conflict, making him restless and uncomfortable.
The split soul stood still in the hall, while the main body outside Disaster Crossing Sect began using the Dissociation Disc to reverse the deduction of breaking the formation.
Having learned from past experiences, it only took him seven days to successfully deduce a formation to repair the restriction left by the Supreme Law Transmitter.
In the eerie hall, the Li Fan within it suddenly moved.
"Creation and destruction, different paths leading to the same destination. If I can successfully repair the restriction left by the Supreme Law, it means there is no issue with deducing the restriction. Likewise, I can destroy it."
Seemingly, a rainbow-colored pen appeared in his hand, drawing in mid-air.
Correspondingly, the originally somewhat decayed rope in the center of the hall gradually became lively again.
Light enveloped this eerie hall once more.
However, Li Fan's action seemed to anger the countless paper figures hanging in the hall.
They began to shake violently again, their expressions turning angry.
They stared at Li Fan fiercely.
In an instant, cries resembling ghosts and wails echoed in Li Fan's ears.
"Noisy!"
Li Fan roared, completely unmoved. Instead, he accelerated the repair process.
The paper figures' roars couldn't stop Li Fan.
The rope representing the restriction reappeared from the center of the hall, extending all the way to the entrance.
"Boom!"
After a violent tremor, Li Fan returned to the outside of the hall.
It was still an open courtyard, but the hall had now become toy-sized.
It was fixed in the central open space by the restricting rope.
At this moment, Li Fan finally saw the destroyed traces of the restriction hidden in the darkness.
The hall continued to tremble, attempting to struggle.
Li Fan's gaze turned cold, and he continued the repair work.
After the restriction in the courtyard was repaired, the scene shifted again, and Li Fan returned to the stone steps leading up the mountain.
This restriction was the most complex.
Fortunately, most of it was relatively intact. The only flaw was the missing part caused by the influence of the Disaster Crossing Sect's power on this path up the mountain.
After Li Fan completed the restoration of the flawed restriction, the mountain path naturally disappeared.
The scene before his eyes shrank again.
The so-called Disaster Crossing Sect finally revealed its true appearance.
Under the layers of restricted seals, a book unfolded.
The book contained no text, only relief-like mountains and scenes of cultivators.
As the book naturally turned its pages, the images within it also changed.
However, all of them were silhouette-like, appearing both funny and eerie.
Looking at this book in front of him, Li Fan observed carefully for a long time, lost in thought.
"Indeed, Disaster Crossing Sect was exterminated by the Supreme Law back then."
"But this is exactly what they sought. Seeking survival in death, the entire sect transformed into a different existence."
"This book..."
"It has a taste similar to the Creation Stone Tablet. However, while the Creation Stone Tablet records everything in the Xuanhuang realm, this Disaster Crossing Scripture only depicts the internal matters of the Disaster Crossing Sect."
"That was the original intention. However, the people of Disaster Crossing Sect have now turned into paper figures, spread throughout the Xuanhuang. So, they can also use the eyes of the paper figures to see all things in the Xuanhuang from this Disaster Crossing Scripture."
In the fleeting glimpses of the pages turning, Li Fan occasionally recognized some familiar scenes in the Xuanhuang, silently contemplating.
At this point, Li Fan had already achieved his goal on this journey.
He verified that the formation against the Supreme Law restriction had no issues.
However, as he looked at the Disaster Crossing Scripture, which was once again suppressed by the power of the Supreme Law restriction, Li Fan's thoughts couldn't help but become active once again.
(End of this chapter)